Conveyer



c L. MOON June 24, 1930.

CONVEYER Filed Feb. e, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l if 314001144104: 3 (finial. N401? fitters n95 C. L. MOON June 24, 1930.

,CONVEYER Filed Feb. 6, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 t inge-re .6;

Patented June 1930 v eH RLEs'L. moongotamimom, ivuememxr; Assieixien To MEeHANIcAi .I'I-IANDLING ..sYsTEMs,, me, or" pmeo cu, MIGI-IIGAN,;A"CORPORATION OFYMIGHIGAN I *comvEYER A p xli'c etien filed efehr u aty 6,192 8. 'Seriei 1N0.

The inventien relateete conveyetsfand more particularly to that type of eenve'yer hefving a linear membefl-siieh asstchain, eX-' teiiding" over i'dtatab1ef"members, such as w weprockets- One 6ff-theobjeets* of "the inven eon tot pfQYid'e a; 'trains'ferfdevieejfor acmetirig" from the cen'vey'er: tin object located beyond the axis; of eithef 'if'etzitable member. Other "objects of the invention residein the i novel features of constriletien and combine;-

tions and arrangements of 'ful'lyhereinafter setforth- Inthe'ctrawing'sz parts; as' more "bo'dyingmyiuventioii;f V e Figures 2', 3'a nc14 are cross sections, respec- Figure 6 is" a- *view gsimi'la'r t Figure 1, Showingamodificatiom Figure is a er ds s Infth'e present ii tzinc e "my invention in it come 'lsediiitheinamifeet tibi ltii ly in the "Bakin iiw einhodi' 'ed 3 ikllIlS ere-ptevlcled with l'origlt dmalh'exi e j tending troughs eofitaini ng een'd and the ca s 7 "fi carrying; the "saggersere provided with .t ehoiwn) hating the vid'edfwithla'lpfigitiidihelly extending-"tri gi he ear for.eeffyin thesaggers, this V I H I v 7 v V V I 'jpivetally co'nneeted' at one 'end prefe rabl'yto the ettechnient 21,. which e-Xte'nds' "downwardcati having the send sealing: plates (not shown "dependingfr ii -thesides ofthe base Figi re 1' is a side el'evatiefi partly broken-e 15 away, of 2tportion "of e 'clor' v 'e y er 'sys'te n' em- For the epiirpose ef t carrying cel from thetrack8 'tethe track j1,'

. I' have: provided traiisferrdei icei which is eperetedhy'the convey-e1" and (ides-"not iiiteren on lix f 'ifi A e it A, V w e rs'zind sea ling 'plates eff this car toengage 'a; flange 'dfependin'g' fi ein itsjbase: The coii- "above; the u per; portibri' of lt'h'e epmj e er 104 the'lbilgitudinally extend- 1 y off track I" 92ndis-located beyQndQthe loading end there'of'andin a loweljplzme.

adept-ed fer engagement with theitheI Q 'off the: ear" 2. The arrangement is sush thzit a sagger, carrying car 2' may be l'o'adel;Witha 'Oif'"t1,1e'ib5$8 and 101'efeiably integral theret with. A tmnsfer traekffii'extefld s.tre fisVefse:

siagger 'whiche ontains pottery to bebaked ii ingf-jover the rotatable members 10. -The linearmember is a chain heting ialtei nate :Sp'e'c'ed bets 12. The' rotatablemeihber's" ar sproekets',eiie (if-Which is dliveh by Suitable of the conveyer frame endhaxging horizontal] "means suches eneleeti ieme'tpf (i10t ShQWII) 5 Theiiip per pdrtiorfof tl ie-eeh-veyerf ehain jis supported uponthe' upwefdly ope ngphms iiel shtpedti'a ckm, whiehlatter isea'i ried bgy theilpi'ig'lits l4 'ofth e'ebiijeyefffrl-liiei 315 15; "the transfer'd'evie'e -having the car iag 1j6 'eheinnel shepedltrack 1 3'1 Thecarriage" is V bars QO and is secured to-the inner I dog 17 is pivotally connected by the pin 17';

to thefintegral upwardly extending furcations 23f at the oppo's'ite end. of the c arriage. 'The t'jrans ferdevice beingdesignedto pull 'Jthe sagger carrying car from one track to an- 7 other track, the dog is pivotally connected to the carriage "in such a way that'when the' transfer devi dog under the sagger carrying car the dog will swing" in a clockwise" direction upon engagement of its upwardly extending arm with the end flange of the car to allow its upwardly swinging being lin ited' by the upwardly ex- 1 tending arm coming into-contact with the furcations. However, as soon as the upwardly will again swing-back to normalpositiomby li a" reason of'thehorizontally: extending arm of V f-the dog being ofg'greaterweight thanthe upfwardlygextending arm.e-v Upon movementof I ,{2 5

the; transfer device; in opposite direction .the upwardly extending arm engages the rear side: of this flange and'is held'fromdisengagement byfreasonof the horizontally" ex;

U faXis'0f thesprocket 10 to terminateshort of 1 the ffihe-s nd s al ng esup e sagg'er carrying car. QAlso the length of the tending arm en 1 i 7 I V aging the carriage; Th

" track 19' extends a carriage betweenjits points of connection tothe conveyerchaingand the dog is such that ithe upwardly extending arm of the dog may 7 Vengagethe end flange 'ofthe sagg'ercarrying .car beyond;the tra 'clg19.v The carriage fu rther hasthe depending projectionslfi for en- 6gagingthe inner g'edges of thezihoriz ontally extending flanges of the anglebars 20 to guide the carriage an hQld-the same from lateral i e men ai -"om t e ack. o md' y theseangle bars, r

,g For the purpose of fautomatically limiting gmovementj of the conveyer in opposite new l X itions, I provide a limit switch trip 24, which j comprises the bars 24; rigidly securedto the "j topfof; the c rriage le and the} cam shaped trips-24: which are adjustably secur'ed to the under sides offtlierbars; One ofgthese trips iisiengageable with thelroller at the outer end 5 of the arm 25" of the limit switch 26, which in I i latter issecured tothe conveyerfframe and, 1;

has shown infthe presentinstance, one of the 1 angle} bars =20. yTh erej fare two of ,these fswitcheslocatedi ponthe conveyerframe and 3 tengageableibyflthe same trip forcontrolling fthef movement{ofthe conveye'r in oppositedirections.

=1 gi-In the maajaaasaa in gate. 5; 6

' and 7, the transfer device isfdesignedlto move the sagger carrying car 27' from the-track- 28 1' to the transfer track29 upon the transfer car Q5165 the conveyerl bei extendingarin hascpassedlthe flange, the dog eyond the trac'k 13 and the s e ed between h e t a fmme 7 ""side ofthe end flange ofthesaggercarrying ce' is beingadvanced to place the car to push thecarand the horizontally ex-s I tending arm of this dog being engageable with the carriage to hold the upwardly ex- 7 i tend' limits, ofsa transfer. device actuatediby: said memberextending over said rotatable mem- I ber, of a transfer device actuated by said linear member foractuating an object, -bey0nd the axis of said rotatable member andzmeans operable by the [transfer device for control ling the operation-of thelinearmembe1.1;?- H

,- around said sprocket, atransfer deviceac-f actuating said switch} .4; J ac h ey e p e rlatus e comma:

'"riasese n t e i l near m mb r; a o =UPI1$ ld-Jm 'liiag 9 i arr be n adapt edtoextendasb'eyond the axis of said rotatable,

movementof the 'carriage in on directionito a As on the ta ie e i d r ta eblemem c v yer' ppaf tuathe Q Qmb uw h w u yerzi rame 'a sPI C a ha n x d s fir d. saidpi e k tla d rackS PPQrted up n sa -rim o' i h 1 1p; I pe per n i lf ai,

' upon: said frame extending-beyond the axis said sprocket. 1 1 16. In a conveye so J in a v y n ppa us, Z HQ IhlfiIi l- 1 tion with a conveyer movable between definite 1 conveyer for. actuating an objectjbeyond said g ,conveyer,andzautomatically operable mea'ns V J s 9 T 3. Ina conveyer apparatusgthe cornbma-f v .s tion with .asprocket and aichainextending am 'with'a rotatable "member andalineari1 5 imeniber; extendingii around said rotatable V *5 ,m mb 'f atransfer-dev ce. ncludlng a care110. memb and sadn ssei se l i ih ff 'fillr bjefil ey nd theax sbff id. rqwab e: =1 memberfor actuating. the object," and mfi lls. 1automaticallyoperable upon'a predeterinined r, 32. a. f aft ansfi rj de lcef 1 m udi carr ge seen ited a pnea jag pon 1 5' of saidsprocketfor 'supporting,said;carriage f whenthe.lattenextends beyond; the xisf of;

t i ha a i ti ama 1 a me a l e rivesprecket 01? engaging means upon said carriage, and a trip mounted upon said carriage for actuating said limit switch.

with a conveyer movable in opposite direc tions, of a transfer device actuated by the win veyer for actuating an obj ect beyondsaid conveyer and'means operable by the transfer device for automatically limiting movement of the conveyor inoppositedirections; it

8. In a conveyor apparatus,;the combinationwith a conveyer frame, aisprocket, a chain extending around said sprocket and a track supported upon the frame for supporting the upper portion of said chain, ofa'second track carried by the frame above the track aforesaid, a transfer device including a-carriage mountf ed upon the second track and connectedat one end'to said chain and a dogpivotally mounted upon the opposite end of said carriage, and a member upon said frame extending beyond the axis of the sprocket for supporting the carriage when the latter extends beyond'the axis of the said sprocket.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

- CHARLES L. MOON.

7, In aconveyer apparatus,the combination 

